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Author: Mark Andrew Davis
Jacob Jones was born about 1752 in North Carolina. He enlisted in the Revolution at the age of 23 years from Bute County, North Carolina. At the time of his birth, this area was part of Granville County. After the war, it was split, and the place where he was thought to have lived became Franklin County.
He married Martha at a place and date not known. The known children of Jacob and Martha were:
David was born on 11 January 1782.
Allen C. was born about 1791.
Frances was “Fannie” born about 1800.
Sarah was born about 1799.
Jacob enlisted at the Bute County Courthouse in May 1776 in the Company of Captain William Brinkley, commanded by Colonel Jethro Sumner of the Third Regiment of the North Carolina Continental Line. His enlistment term was for two years and six months. In his deposition for application for a Revolutionary War Pension, he stated his company was in several engagements, including the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth. They marched from Bute County, North Carolina, to Wilmington, Charleston, and Savannah. He was located on an island near the mouth of the Ogeechee River before marching to Halifax, North Carolina. After a short stay, they marched to Georgetown on the Potomac River, where he was inoculated for smallpox. The company marched north to Philadelphia, where he joined General Washington and was placed on Washington’s “Life Guard.”
He was discharged at camp after completing his term of service and received $30.00 and a suit of clothes. After returning home, he volunteered occasionally but was never again in a battle. A search of the 1790 U.S. Census did not provide a location for this family in either North Carolina or South Carolina.
Jacob Jones moved from North Carolina to the former Pendleton District, South Carolina. He was head of household there in 1800, 1810, and 1820 U.S. Census enumerations. In his pension deposition of 1820, he describes his assets as 400 acres of third-quality land (poor-quality land with lower production rates under cultivation). He has a “little Lub [lumber] Mill” on it for which he still owned $100 for the land. He stated that his occupation has been as a farmer but has been unable to do any labor due to rheumatic pain. He has three dependents: his sick and helpless wife Martha and daughters Frances and Sarah, who are also both sickly.
In 1826, the Pendleton District was dissolved, and Jacob’s land became a part of the Pickens District, which is where he appears in the 1830 and 1840 U.S. Census.
In later pension documents, it is recorded Jacob’s daughter Frances has married a man named Major Coal (Cole), and Jacob deeded most of his land and home to his daughter. He and Martha’s circumstances are desperate. The 1840 U.S. Census shows a veteran, Jacob Jones, 87 years of age, living in the household of Major Jones in Pickens District.
Jacob died after the 1840 U.S. Census, and his wife, Martha, died about 1839. Their burial location is not known.
Sources:
Sons of the American Revolution, National Society, Louisville, Kentucky. Primary application of William Carson King Strong, National Number 190113.
South Carolina. Pendleton. U.S. Census, 1800, Micropublication M32, roll 50. Washington: National Archives.
South Carolina. Pendleton. U.S. Census, 1810, Micropublication M252, roll 61. Washington: National Archives.
South Carolina. Pendleton. U.S. Census, 1820, Micropublication M33, roll 120. Washington: National Archives.
South Carolina. Pickens. U.S. Census, 1830, Micropublication M19, roll 173. Washington: National Archives.
South Carolina. Pickens. U.S. Census, 1840, Micropublication M704, roll 580. Washington: National Archives.
Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files. Micropublication M804, roll 1439. Washington: National Archives. S9363.
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